[arch-general] mplayer2 deprecation

[coffeekingms at gmail.com]

On Fri, Nov 01, 2013 at 02:33:08AM +0800, Rashif Ray Rahman wrote:
> On 31 October 2013 17:55,  <coffeekingms at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi
> > Thanks for the help. That worked better than my attempts did, although now when I start mplayer with the alias I get the following:
> > [fbdev2] Screensize is smaller than video size (1600x900 < 1600x1200)
> > FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.
> > I used to run into these issues all the time. Am I missing anything, or is it just not possible to watch videos in console with mplayer?
> 
> Yes, this will happen if the scaling done by mplayer pushes either of
> the resolutions to go beyond the real screen estate. In my experience,
> this has never happened. As you can read from the manual:
> 
> "value>8
>      Set width to value and calculate height to keep correct aspect ratio."
> 
> I get the same errors as you if I issue -xy 1367. For some reason, the
> height is scaled beyond your screen area. Try with a lower value, that
> will leave just a bit of black around the video. Please also try a Big
> Buck Bunny video. [1]
> 
> When all else fails, issue -x and -y separately (which breaks aspect
> ratio, stretching where needed).
> 
> [1] http://www.bigbuckbunny.org/index.php/download/
> 
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hi
Thanks again for the help. Splitting the -x and -y values worked. The video is just a bit blurry, but I can't see too well, so that could either be my vision or an artifact of the stretching. 
In any case, it's more than good enough. i can finally watch videos in the console.
Thanks
Kendell clark